Reason 172: Solitaire
Everybody and their brother seems to want to give you a reason not to upgrade to Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows Vista.
Oli’s Blog
Father of three, seasoned web developer (Django, Vue, Astro, etc), Ubuntu Member, photographer and woodworker. This is my blog, covering a raft of topics, mostly technical.
Government knows nothing about tech
Perennial misunderstanding mixes with saving-the-children to make truly bad law.
The Infinite Apple Monkey Theory
Reading some of the tripe that splats out of the Apple section of Digg, I got thinking that somebody (unknown) is testing out the Infinite Monkey Theory.
Stuart Brown of Modern Life
Today I got the opportunity to talk to Stuart Brown, a professional web developer and blogger.
Creating Extracts with REGEX
I’m going to show you how you can use a regular expression to pull out fixed length extracts from HTML.
Space Schlong
It’s vandalism, Jim, but … no, it’s exactly as we know it
Do you have to let it linger?
If you were asleep between 1993 and 2005 you may have missed the Cranberries.
Vista OEM vs Retail
I’ve been using Vista for a couple of weeks now. I didn’t have to pay for it but there are many who will be considering the upgrade. For anyone in that situation, I want them to know about the various versions so they can make the best choice.
Browser Trends ‘07
Seopher has just posted his predictions on browser usage statistics entitled: Browser stats 2007 - Firefox for the win. From the title you can clearly see who he things the winner is going to be. Here is the graph I’ve stolen from his article (© Seopher.com):
Google drops the ball
Google have just pushed out one of the hardest-to-justify updates to its image searching service.
Where Is My Mind?
Every so often I feel the need to share a bit of music (as I’ve done before). I’ve now made a music section inside the blog so there could well be more posts here on a more regular basis.
The problem with dual screens
I’ve had two seventeen inch screens for a while now and they’re really quite good for most desktop and gaming needs. It’s not a perfect setup though.
AJAX search with MS Live and mootools
Add search to your website with some frontend programming
Microsoft dream. Apple do.
I’m not usually pro-Apple on this site but having seen both the “keynotes” from the big camps, and having read an internal Microsoft email from MS Exec Jim Allchin [PDF], I’ve got to say that I’m starting to see his way.
RE: Why not .NET?
Stuart Brown of Modern Life is Rubbish put down my webdev language of choice. He says he uses it so I can’t take him to the cleaners completely with his post but there are a few pointers that I really want to address.
OLPC Score a Home Run
Huge news for this amazing project – anyone can buy one! Well, two…
The calm before the storm
Well for anyone that doesn’t know already, the Internet is on the verge of Google’s PageRank refresh
The future of HCI
My predictions on how we’re going to use computers in the future
I hurt myself today
I didn’t really. I listened to Johnny Cash’s cover of Nine Inch Nails’ Hurt about 100 times and through the power of YouTube I can share this with the rest of you.
Photography Is Awesome
Aren’t cameras awesome. More specifically, digital cameras. I’ve been playing with my Fujifilm Finepix s5600 lots recently and alongside learning how to do decent exposures and bracketing (for HDR imaging), I’ve started to use Photoshop for it’s real purpose on this world… Photo editing.
Merry Christmas!
I hope you’re all having a good time, like I said in a previous post. I GOT A NEW CAMERA! Woo!
RapidShare have all the internets
The file host is moving into traditional hosting!
East Anglia, BEWARE!!
Can’t you feel the disturbance in the insurance premiums?
New stuff here! More on the way!
Here’s a short breakdown of the things happening on the site
Seopher.com Re-re-released!
Anyone think we redesign our websites too much?
Browsers are not the future
I’ve been making websites long enough to notice that the trajectory of change is far more accute in just the last few years.
Sol in 47 seconds
My personal best, world record attempt at organising those cards
Nothing say CHRISTMAS like…
Getting into the Christmas spirit, with Henri
New Microsoft Site Bombs
The new design from Redmond leaves a lot to be desired.
Via… The Source of the Problem
When reading through blogs, “via” is something you will often see. It’s a method of referencing that gives a way of shifting liability onto the original source in case the company the post is about decide they don’t like it.
Viral Insurance Racket
The fear of infection is becoming a dark and powerful marketing pattern being thrown at users.
Woo! New 307
Anyone that’s known me and my cars for more than 10 seconds knows I get through them at an astonishing rate.
The 5 Rules of WebDev
Truth be told, there are no rules to what you have to abide by when designing a new website. You can do pretty much what you like, but then again, you might not have much repeat traffic. Here are some tips for those starting out.
Introducing the PS… Erm… 360
More pie in the face of Sony again today; this time fired from Microsoft’s infinite moneybags.
URLRewritingNet .* DefaultPage Hack
I think I’ve just cured the disease that’s been ailing me ever since I started using URLRewritingNet and just in case anyone is being effected the same way, I have the code that will allow you to fix the problem.
The Ex-Best Keyboard
While some press releases work, sometimes overhyping can really screw things up in the long run.
Disabling Explorer Tooltips
Explorer’s tooltips can be useful but for some people they can be a royal pain in the arse.
Aethiest vs Mormons
Australian film-maker John Safran is so fed up with Mormons ringing his doorbell early in the morning that he flies to Salt Lake City Utah and tries to convert Mormons to atheism. Needless to say, the locals were not pleased.
Microsoft: Old Versions Are Rubbish
To keep selling an endless cycle of upgrades, marketing has to convince you the thing you bought last year is ancient and broken
Early Learning Spam
Spam is getting silly
The Maths Behind… PS3
Can’t buy a PS3? Well you’ve only Sony to thank for that.
How Sony Screwed Up
I’m going to look into all the cock-ups Sony has thrown at the fans in the last year as they awaited the Playstation 3. Let this serve as a reminder as to how these guys act and why you shouldn’t fall for their marketing crap.